Although I was originally against a national ID, I have since come to the position that it would do more good that harm. My reasoning is that a social security card is essentially a national id card already. Between driver's licenses, credit cards, etc, we have already lost a lot of privacy. However, without proper documention, terrorists and illegals are getting away with murder, literally.
1. Driving without insurance;
2. Voting;
3. Welfare benefits,
4. Access to airplanes and cruise ships;
5. Ability to obtain jobs in sensetive areas;
6. Ability to penetrate national secrets.
I am dumbfounded how GWB could even for one minute believe that national security is not tied to border security and illegal aliens living here unhindred by our laws.
If the illegal aliens can function with impugnity, than so can any terrorist.
Allowing illegals to set up a system and peoples committed to scoffing at our most basic of laws, has built a framework that can be used to bring our country down from within. It(the illegal immigration) has much in common with the underground drug community. Both usage of drugs, and illegal aliens are bad for our country, either we eliminate nearly all illegal immigration(and drugs), or change our laws to ease the financial burdens. They both breed contempt for standards, that is much more dangerous than the acts themselves.